BAROQUE, 1680-1720 Baroque was established during the early 17th century but it wasn’t until later that it became popular and was regarded as a take on Classicism.
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St Paul’s Cathedral
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Many gentlemen & nobles were inspired by the latest European trends and built grand buildings reflecting them. The great fire of London in 1666 saw the introduction of the ‘Rebuilding of the City of London Act of 1667’ and specified that houses must be built frombrick or stone. To prevent the spread of fire, wooden houses were no longer permitted. The grandest houses were built of solid stone but that was expensive and not always available locally so a cheaper imitation, stucco, was used to cover brickwork and give the impression of stone. The late 1690s saw the appearance of the first Baroque country houses, with themost iconic figures of themovement including Sir Christopher Wren, Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. The British Baroque was about reasserting authority. The style is heavy, rich and flamboyant. In the Baroque period of architecture, the intensity and interplay of natural light and shadow was carefully considered and resulted in outstanding examples of ‘building with light’. Key colours derived from the colours of stone, clay, granite &marble.
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KEYDESIGN FEATURES:
PROTRUDING ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS To produce strong light
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and shade contrasts (chiaroscuro effect).
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CYLINDRICAL DOMED TOWER
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THE CENTRE OF THE FAÇADE IS THE FEATURE
DISPLAY ELEMENTS OF CLASSICAL DESIGN
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